Georgia, My State -- Native Americans

From State Standards Publishing

Written to meet Georgia Performance Standards for 2nd grade

The set traces the development of the Creek and Cherokee tribes in Georgia.

AR levels 2.7 to 3.2 GRL levels J and K

Library Bound $16.95

Paperback $7.95

Poetry Friday: Madeleine L'Engle

For Poetry Friday, here's a favorite from Madeleine L'Engle. May your words, your works, your life, be a song savoured by many.

Instruments (1)

by Madeleine L'Engle

The sky is strung with glory.

Light threads from star to star

from sun to sun

a living harp.

I rejoice, I sing, I leap upwards to play.

The music is in light.

My fingers pluck the vibrant strings;

the notes pulse, throb, in exultant harmony;

I beat my wings against the strands

that reach across the galaxies

I play

NO

It is not I who play

it is the music

the music plays itself

is played

plays me

small part of an innumerable

unnumberable

orchestra.

I am flung from note to note

impaled on melody

my wings are caught on throbbing filaments of light

the wild cords cut my pinions

my arms are outstretched

are bound by ropes of counterpoint

I am cross-eagled on the singing that is strung

from pulsing star

to flaming sun

to

I burn in a blaze of song.

Rocks and Minerals of Georgia

Books for use with state history and science standards are often hard to find. National publishers tend to focus on topics they can market nationally. State Standards Publishing is working to fill that niche in Georgia.

The newest set in the Georgia, My State series is Rocks and Minerals, written by Samantha Sanford. AR levels are pending, but Lexile levels range from 560-600, so they should come in at solid third grade reading levels.

Books are available in library bound and paperback.

Titles include: